The de facto theory that Chief Justice Roberts expounded is nothing but myth. Our prevailing patterns of residential segregation — and with it, school segregation — did not come about as the result of untold number of private decisions about where to live or who can buy one’s house; rather, it resulted from specific choices made by specific public officials working at specific public agencies.
Ebony, wood of several species of trees of the genus Diospyros (family Ebenaceae), widely distributed in the tropics. The best is very heavy, almost black, and derived from heartwood only.
